Quotes

“Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence” Franz Kafka

“A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.” Franz Kafka

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.” Franz Kafka

“Evil is whatever distracts.” Franz Kafka

“In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.” Franz Kafka

“My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted” Franz Kafka

“I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.” Franz Kafka

“God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.” Franz Kafka

“It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.” Franz Kafka

“By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.” Franz Kafka

“We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.” Franz Kafka

“Religions get lost as people do.” Franz Kafka

“There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.” Franz Kafka

“Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.” Franz Kafka

“The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.” Franz Kafka

“No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.” Franz Kafka

“In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.” Franz Kafka

“In the fight between you and the world, back the world.” Franz Kafka

“My "fear" is my substance, and probably the best part of me.” Franz Kafka

“Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.” Franz Kafka

“How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?” Franz Kafka

“If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted.” Franz Kafka

“If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth.” Franz Kafka

“The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.” Franz Kafka

“Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.” Franz Kafka

“It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.” Franz Kafka

“The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.” Franz Kafka

“He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.” Franz Kafka

“Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.” Franz Kafka

“In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.” Franz Kafka